How to say "answer" in Arabic
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Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جَوَاب
jawābג'ואב
جواب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
תשובה
tshuvaتْشُوڤَا
How the two words are related
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جَوَاب
gawābגואבIn Cairo gawāb is a letter you post; an answer is radd.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
جْوَاب
jwābג'ואבDarija drops the first vowel: jwāb.
In a phrase
لَيْسَ عِنْدِي جَوَاب
laysa ʿindī jawābליס ענדי ג'ואבI have no answer.
Plural
أَجْوِبَة
ajwibaאג'ובהbroken plural aCCiCa — questions and answers pluralize with the same pattern: أَسْئِلَة وَأَجْوِبَة